Genius footage from Sesame Street which predates ‘Star Wars IV – A New Hope.’ You can hear why he got to play the voice of Darth Vader, despite his relative youth at the time (well… he was thirty eight). He was the first well known celebrity to appear on Sesame Street in 1969 (the pilot episode) and went on to appear in several others. He apparently recorded another alphabet for Sesame Street after his Star Wars role.
From IMDB:
According to Jones, when George Lucas was trying to cast the voice of Darth Vader, his immediate idea was to cast Orson Welles. However, he felt that Welles was too well-known for the role. So instead he looked for an actor with a deep voice, “like Orson Welles” which is how he got cast. [Read more]
Justin Lee Collins went on an adventure to bring back the magic of Star Wars. Followed by a film crew, he travels around America and UK, attempting to get interviews with the actors from the Original Trilogy and bring them back together for a reunion.[Read more]
Absolutely brilliant. We watched it last night after a long couple of days working on the new website. It’s so funny for us, especially as it so accurately captures what it was like for us when we first started making our films and sketches.
I have a bit of a love / hate relationship with Jack Black films: sometimes they are just too silly and self-indulgent, but it works here…. definitely quirky and perhaps not for all, (my girlfriend hated it when we saw it in the cinema – she preferred Son of Rambow), but if you have any interest in amateur filmmaking and fanfilms, it’s definitely worth a look.
It’s a silly Star Wars dance competition, but it’s actually quite good. Recorded at the 2008 Star Wars Weekend Hyperspace Hoopla show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
